CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine who said he never fired a shot in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man was sentenced Saturday to 8 years in military prison — the longest sentence yet in the case.

Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington, 22, also was reduced in rank and given a dishonorable discharge during the sentencing hearing at the Camp Pendleton Marine base.

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This gets me riled real fast... Here is a young 22 years old Lance Cpl. Marine being sentenced to 8 years for what some believe he "may" have killed a Iraq citizen.. When we have a "jerk" in the White House, who we all know has killed at least 335,000 Iraqis, and he gets off scot-free.

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